St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-26

| raIeshlp on many a weary marcn And hard
| longh battle. ask you were they fighfin1
10 aoOhsh slaNeryE Did We go forth and Il To-
! vote 1our years of our lives to DESTROYING
slavery and the Authorization OF the aouth9
we nave not heard OF tho abolitionjsts al
me north erecting monument to Lee or
Jackson, or OF their honoring our Old chiaf
Jefferson Davis, God bless him, who stil
| survives. ''1'
You know perfectly we'll that the copfed-
erate soldier was lighting not only In the
| nelehSe OF the principle Of secession or the
| lienL OF every state to claim the allegiance
/ OF her citizens to
| PREVENT THE INVASION OF uER HOMES AMI
! TERRITORY.
lhat was the constitutional rrinciple In
| volVen But we were lighting also To MAIN
TAN me iour thousand millions of proper,y
which was in slavery, and in defense of
slavery TO that extent; and yet these gentle
| men who put the state government of Louis-
Laua on "neeis, and are moving IL about
from Gay to day and from parish to parish,
are proclalmlng in effect that the men who
gave their services to the contederacy with
| muskets and swords in hand really had az
| neart Inc Afrlcanlzatlon Of the state, AMI
| lhat Inc manned hero who Is with us TO-
! DAY, and who perhaps more frequently than
some or them offered his life for the southern
cduse-tnat ne Is TO be GlstruSted on the
| question OF a race conflict.
| LOOK again at the period of 1876. Whom
! old you select to be your leader at that
tlnles Why did you select h1ms You were
| In
| CRISIS OF YOUR FATE.
| YOU felt that your liberties, your schools,
! your religion, your very civilization was I'm.
| perlled. and you were right. You remember
! that the purposes and policy of the Repub-
l!can leaders then was to AfrlcaniZe the
state' ana that to certain extent they mad
| proceeded to do 1t. You recall that deem
| despair had settled on the hearts of the
! Wnole people at that time; that cur school
! houses were empty: that ministers OF the
! Ios pei were lil,pald; that our property was
| appreciated; that commerce and capita'
| were driven from us, and that there was a
| carnival OF vice. crime and usurpat1on
| throughout the length and breadth Of our
| neloveG state. A chasm had been dug into
| "hlCn everything that was valuable good
| ana wholesome was being cast Ii was then
| that you looked around your s-ate to tind
| A STRONG LEADER.
| Inc Republicans found their leader In
Packard, a tit man for their purposes, a man
| VINO mao represented the power OF The Re
| publican party In the state as United States
| marshal. 1t was under his auspices that
| fast riders over different parts of the stats
| IN the execution OF political behests we're
having good and true men every
! arrested and haudcuffed and brought to the
| courts for trial. IL was under him the prtn-
| clples OF Intimidation were applied to the
| people OF Louisiana, and he was the proper
| instrument, II he had become governor OF
| the state, TO have kept the people in subju.
| CATION.
What was the system represented by
| PackardE 1t was a system OF AfricanizA.
ton. What was the opposite system, repre-.
| sented py NlcnoAs2 1t was white mans
| government. Have you had any other since
! his triumpha Are not white mans gov
| eminent and Democratic government
ldentlca.s The work which gave US white
| mans government. that IS Democratic gov.
ernmenS ID this state, was WI ought under
the leadership Of Nichols. We have had NO
other government from that day TO this, and
| yet Governor McEnery and his friends, such
| Is the stress OF their political fortunes, turn
and accuse the man VINO sacrificed mora
| tnan any other surviving man In this stats
| for the confederacy, and who did
MORE THAN ANY OTHER SURVIVING MAN
| in this state for the establishment of a
white mans government, of deep, dark
| design to Africanize the state. Now, fellow
| citizens, II these speeches of those dlst1n-
| gulshed leaders were heard only by few
! people In Louisiana they could not have
much weight and influence. but we 1--we in a
| day OF the telegraph and the press, and
| when senator OF the United States or the
| governor OF the state declares that Ques-
lions relating to race conflict in this state
are the leading questions before the people,
| that the agitatlons and excitements in so
| clety ana the political contentious relate to
race Issue, and that the necessities OF the
hour compel US to use lnstrumentallties
| that woald be condemned under ordinary
circumstances in order TO preserve the as
| tendency OF the Democratic party, their
| words cross the Potomac and the Ohio,
| They are disseminated among Jhe northern
| people, ana the Republican leaders use the
| testimony OF these gen tleInen to convict the
| southern people OF the accusation that a
| large majority Of the vote in the south Is
| suppressed by violence. The effect Of
| these
| ILL-TIMED AND UNNECESSARY SPEECHES
| is to weaken the gallant, generous, heroic
Democracy of the north, to sap and UNDER
| lnine the very pillars of this great old party
which has stood by us In our efforts and
| struggles to secure self-goVernment. And
| as [ nave told you few moments ago, I'M
| Ger this benehcent Democratic government
| capital, which Is the life blood of agrlcul-
| ture, OF commerce and trade, flows in gen.
| erous channels from the northern people.
! Population from the north ls coming
| amongst US, and yet for party purposes
| these gentlemen would have the northern
| people believe that we are engaged in great
| race conflict here-that life and property are
therefore insecure and that the foundations
| OF society are 80 uncertain that 1t would Dc
| hazardous for northern people or interests.
! | regret that the remarks should have been
made by the speakers who are accompany
| ing Governor McEnery on his tour. not be-
| cause they are going TO have any effect on
| the audiences in Union, or any other parish
| in the state, but because they WILL
| AFFECT THE POPULATIONS IN THE NORTH
| where we need recruits for the Democratic
| party, to preserve this party which mas been
| with us In every respect, the party or per-
| sUnal liberty and states rights, and In tnal
| way inviting TO our state those elements
| which contribute to prosperity l take ex-
| ceptlon to some remarks which have fallen
| from the DISTINGUISHED speakers VINO accom-
| pany Governor McEnery. He says he ID
| confronted by faction calling themselves
| reformers who desire to elect SOMEBODY eisa
| to be governor besides himself. He, or tne
| speakers with him, say that because We prefer
| somebody else for governor we are faction
/ nd M airing the D6mOGr2llC
party. Now l think that Is very e4traVa
| CANT statement.
IF GOVERNOR M'ENERY
| were at Baton Rouge attending TO ms anIies
| az governor OF louisiana, DO not think he
| would he under criticism, but Wnen ne goes
| before the people as candidate ZOE re-
| election is he above criticism Is 10 1acS
| that because man holds an office from the
! Democracy of Louisiana that he becomes so
| high and mighty that you may gaze upon
| him from distance, but You must not CRIT
! icise Nina That is not my notion OF DeiAoc
| racy. [ have been taught that q man
elected by the people to hlgn ONCE oe
| came the servant OF the people, anu LA
| when he appeared before them as appear
| before you this beautiful afternoon, that ing
| people would expect him TO give an accounL
! Of his stewardship, to describe t1e msssuaes
he may have advocated. the poncy ne .na!
| have pursued III the Mgh ouoo 'Aos N""
| tDrrusted TO him.
It would be just as proper, fell0Wcltl1snss
If 7 were to come before you to-day, ana
say I am senator of the United states; ~, !
! find a faction in this state, surrounding tno
anrarnor nf the state, confronting the Dem.
oocratle party, and proposing policies ana
plans to
BRING THE PARTY INTO DIsFAVoR'
and that therefore, denounce Governor NC
| Emery and his friends as factlomsns. u. rn@C
would be all wrong and unjust: Gosesg tor
McEnery has right to 0e oan u. sa se se
I mat OILen DC LAO eCSo
p ro and to 60 before the people from ena.
parish TO parish and make his candidacy yd 1or
The office, DO not deny ms, ou tr, snas
I do object to is, that ne anu anu us nn r,ent of